Brazil competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 81 competitors, 78 men and 3 women, took part in 44 events in 13 sports. Brazil obtained two bronze medals in 1972. Japanese Brazilian judoka Chiaki Ishii won Brazil's first Olympic medal in judo. Triple jumper Nelson Prudêncio won his second medal in men's triple jump.
| Brazil at the 1972 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | BRA |
| NOC | Brazilian Olympic Committee |
| in Munich | |
| Competitors | 81 (78 men and 3 women) in 13 sports |
| Flag bearer | Luiz Cláudio Menon |
| Medals Ranked 41st |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Medalists
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Athletics
- Men
- Track & road events
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Luiz Gonzaga da Silva | 100 m | 10.63 | 5 | Did not advance | |||||
| 200 m | 21.81 | 5 | Did not advance | ||||||
- Field events
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
| Nelson Prudêncio | Triple jump | 16.42 | 7 Q | 17.05 | |
Basketball
Preliminary round
Group A
The top two teams from each group advance to the semifinals, while the remaining teams compete for 5th through 16th places in separate brackets.
| Qualified for the semifinals |
| Team | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | 1st Tie |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 0 | 542 | 312 | +230 | 14 | |
| Cuba | 6 | 1 | 560 | 445 | +115 | 13 | |
| Brazil | 4 | 3 | 561 | 490 | +71 | 11 | 1W–0L |
| Czechoslovakia | 4 | 3 | 493 | 489 | +4 | 11 | 0W–1L |
| Spain | 3 | 4 | 486 | 500 | −14 | 10 | 1W–0L |
| Australia | 3 | 4 | 523 | 524 | −1 | 10 | 0W–1L |
| Japan | 1 | 6 | 442 | 643 | −201 | 8 | |
| Egypt | 0 | 7 | 440 | 644 | −204 | 7 |
August 27 14:30 |
| Japan | 55–110 | Brazil |
Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich |
August 28 9:00 |
| Brazil | 110–84 | Egypt |
Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich |
August 29 9:00 |
| Brazil | 72–69 | Spain |
Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich |
August 30 21:30 |
| Brazil | 54–61 | United States |
Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich |
September 1 21:30 |
| Czechoslovakia | 82–83 | Brazil |
Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich |
September 2 9:00 |
| Australia | 75–69 | Brazil |
Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich |
September 3 21:30 |
| Cuba | 64–63 | Brazil |
Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich |
Classification brackets
September 7 21:30 |
| Puerto Rico | 87–83 | Brazil |
Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich |
September 7 21:30 |
| Brazil | 87–69 | Czechoslovakia |
Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich |
Boxing
- Men
| Athlete | Event | 1 Round | 2 Round | 3 Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Deusdete Vasconcelos | Bantamweight | BYE | Kim Jong-Ik (PRK) L 1-4 | Did not advance | ||||
| Waldemar de Oliveira | Light heavyweight | BYE | Nghivav Mehtab Singh (IND) W 5-0 | Isaac Ikhouria (NGR) L 0-5 | Did not advance | |||
Cycling
Two cyclists represented Brazil in 1972.
Road
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luiz Carlos Flores | Road race | DNF | |
| Miguel Silva Júnior | DNF | ||
Equestrian
Dressage
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Qualification | Final | Overall | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | |||
| Sylvio de Rezende | Othelo | Individual | 1431 | 25 | Did not advance | |||
Show jumping
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Rank | Total | Jump-off | Rank | |||
| Antônio Simões | Individual | Bon Soir | 16.00 | 31 | Did not advance | ||||
| Nelson Pessoa Filho | Nagir | 21.00 | 39 | Did not advance | |||||
Football
First round
Group C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 5 |
| Denmark | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 4 |
| Iran | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 2 |
| Brazil | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 1 |
| Denmark | 3 – 2 | Brazil |
|---|---|---|
| Simonsen 28' 83' Røntved 50' | Report | Dirceu 68' Zé Carlos 69' |
Dreiflüssestadion, Passau
Attendance: 10.000
Referee: Pavel Kazakov
| Hungary | 2 – 2 | Brazil |
|---|---|---|
| A. Dunai 4' Juhász 84' | Report | Pedrinho 67' Dirceu 73' |
Olympic Stadium, Munich
Attendance: 50.000
Referee: William Mullan
| Iran | 1 – 0 | Brazil |
|---|---|---|
| Halvai 63' | Report |
Jahnstadion, Regensburg
Attendance: 2.200
Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg
- Team Roster
- Vitor
- Osmar
- Fred
- Terezo
- Falcão
- Celso
- Pedrinho
- Rubens Galaxe
- Washington
- Roberto Dinamite
- Dirceu
- Nielsen
- Abel Braga
- Wagner
- Bolívar
- Ângelo
- Pintinho
- Zé Carlos
- Manoel
Judo
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Semifinal | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Lhofei Shiozawa | −80 kg | — | Tommy Tegelgård (SWE) W 1000-0000 | Jean-Paul Coche (FRA) L 0000-0100 | Did not advance | 13 | |||||
| Chiaki Ishii | −93 kg | Mohamed Dione (SEN) W 1000-0000 | Juang Jen-Wuh (ROC) W 1000-0000 | Pavle Bajčetić (YUG) W 1000-0000 | Paul Barth (FRG) L 0000-0100 | Did not advance | Helmut Howiller (GDR) W 1000-0000 | David Starbrook (GBR) W 1000-0000 | |||
| Open | — | BYE | Vitali Kuznetsov (URS) L 0000-1000 | Did not advance | Barry Johnson (AUS) W 1000-0000 | Wim Ruska (NED) L 0000-1000 | Did not advance | 7 | |||
Rowing
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Raúl Bagattini Érico de Souza | Coxless pair | 7:42.02 | 4 R | 7:42.63 | 3 | Did not advance | |||
Sailing
- Open
| Athlete | Event | Race | Final rank | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | ||
| Claudio Biekarck | Finn | 14 | 20.0 | 13 | 19.0 | 23 | 29.0 | 16 | 22.0 | 10 | 16.0 | 3 | 5.7 | 105.7 | 9 | ||
| Reinaldo Conrad Burkhard Cordes | Flying Dutchman | 12 | 18.0 | 3 | 5.7 | 9 | 15.0 | 9 | 15.0 | 2 | 3.0 | 3 | 5.7 | 62.4 | 4 | ||
| Mario Buckup Peter Ficker | Tempest | 3 | 5.7 | 7 | 13.0 | 7 | 13.0 | 16 | 22.0 | 5 | 10.0 | 5 | 10.0 | 73.7 | 7 | ||
| Jörg Bruder Jan Willem Aten | Star | 6 | 11.7 | 10 | 14.0 | 5 | 10.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 3.0 | 8 | 14.0 | 52.7 | 4 | ||
| Erik Schmidt Axel Schmidt Patrick Mascarenhas | Soling | 5 | 10.0 | 9 | 15.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 14 | 20.0 | 6 | 11.7 | — | 64.7 | 6 | |||
Shooting
Four male shooters represented Brazil in 1972.
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | ||
| Durval Guimarães | 50 m pistol | 534 | 46 |
| Túlio Miraglia | Trap | 171 | 46 |
| Marcos José Olsen | 191 | 8 | |
| Bertino de Souza | 50 m pistol | 539 | 36 |
Swimming
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||||
| José Aranha | 100 metre freestyle | 54.06 | 3 Q | 53.47 | 5 | Did not advance | |||
| Rômulo Arantes | 100 metre backstroke | 1:03.18 | 4 | Did not advance | |||||
| 200 metre backstroke | 2:18.15 | 6 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Antônio Azevedo | 200 metre medley | 2:19.41 | 4 | Did not advance | |||||
| 400 metre medley | 4:57.27 | 6 | Did not advance | ||||||
| José Fiolo | 100 metre breaststroke | 1:06.23 | 2 Q | 1:05.99 | 2 Q | 1:06.24 | 6 | ||
| 200 metre breaststroke | 2:30.21 | 3 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Alfredo Machado | 200 metre freestyle | 2:00.14 | 5 | Did not advance | |||||
| 400 metre freestyle | 4:18.05 | 5 | Did not advance | ||||||
| 1500 metre freestyle | 17:20.34 | 6 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Ruy de Oliveira | 100 metre freestyle | 54.26 | 1 | Did not advance | |||||
| 200 metre freestyle | 2:00.48 | 4 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Sérgio Waismann | 100 metre butterfly | 58.37 | 3 Q | 58.07 | 6 | Did not advance | |||
| Paulo Zanetti | 100 metre freestyle | 54.97 | 4 | Did not advance | |||||
| Ruy de Oliveira Paulo Zanetti Paulo Becskehazy José Aranha | 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay | 3:35.84 | 4 Q | — | 3:33.14 | 4 | |||
| Alfredo Machado Ruy de Oliveira Paulo Zanetti José Aranha | 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay | 8:17.91 | 6 | Did not advance | |||||
| Rômulo Arantes Filho José Sylvio Fiolo Sérgio Waismann José Aranha | 4 × 100 metre medley relay | 3:58.56 | 3 Q | — | 3:57.89 | 5 | |||
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Lucy Burle | 100 metre freestyle | 1:03.12 | 6 | Did not advance | |||
| 200 metre freestyle | 2:18.57 | 6 | Did not advance | ||||
| Maria Isabel Guerra | 100 metre butterfly | 2:32.60 | 7 | Did not advance | |||
| 200 metre medley | 2:32.95 | 6 | Did not advance | ||||
| 400 metre medley | 5:24.43 | 4 | Did not advance | ||||
| Cristina Teixeira | 100 metre breaststroke | 1:20.58 | 7 | Did not advance | |||
| 200 metre breaststroke | 2:57.03 | DSQ | Did not advance | ||||
Volleyball
Preliminary round
- Pool B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 0 | MAX | 225 | 95 | 2.368 | Semifinals |
| 2 | East Germany | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 3.000 | 200 | 162 | 1.235 | |
| 3 | Romania | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0.889 | 201 | 213 | 0.944 | 5th–8th semifinals |
| 4 | Brazil | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 0.692 | 273 | 280 | 0.975 | |
| 5 | Cuba | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 0.462 | 212 | 254 | 0.835 | 9th place match |
| 6 | West Germany | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 0.267 | 163 | 270 | 0.604 | 11th place match |
Source: [citation needed]
| Date | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Aug | Brazil | 3–2 | West Germany | 15–7 | 15–8 | 17–19 | 6–15 | 15–9 | 68–58 |
| 30 Aug | East Germany | 3–1 | Brazil | 15–5 | 7–15 | 16–14 | 15–10 | 53–44 | |
| 01 Sep | Brazil | 3–2 | Romania | 18–16 | 11–15 | 15–7 | 11–15 | 15–12 | 70–65 |
| 03 Sep | Japan | 3–0 | Brazil | 15–7 | 15–13 | 15–11 | 45–31 | ||
| 06 Sep | Cuba | 3–2 | Brazil | 16–14 | 6–15 | 15–7 | 7–15 | 15–9 | 59–60 |
5th–8th semifinals
| Date | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 Sep | Czechoslovakia | 3–0 | Brazil | 15–8 | 15–6 | 15–1 | 45–15 |
7th place match
| Date | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 Sep | Brazil | 0–3 | South Korea | 16–18 | 7–15 | 5–15 | 28–48 |
Team roster
- João Lens
- Delano Couto
- Antônio Carlos Moreno
- Luiz Eymard Coelho
- José Marcelino
- Mário Marcos Procópio
- Bebeto de Freitas
- Russo Sevciuc
- Décio Cattaruzzi
- Alexandre Abeid
- Celso Alexandre Kalache
- Aderval Luis Arvani
Weightlifting
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Military Press | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Total | Rank | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| Luiz de Almeida | 82.5 kg | 140.0 | 15 | 120.0 | 17 | 165.0 | 15 | 425.0 | 15 |
| Thamer Chaim | +110 kg | 175.0 | 12 | 135.0 | 11 | 180.0 | 10 | 490.0 | 11 |
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